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Mahlon Pitney, III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Death: December 09, 1924 (66)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Place of Burial: Morristown, Morris County, NJ, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Cooper Pitney and Sarah Louisa Pitney
Husband of Florence Theodora Pitney
Father of Mahlon Pitney, IV; Beatrice Louise Lamb and Guy Shelton Pitney
Brother of Frederic Vernon Pitney; Sarah Halsted Johnson; Henry Cooper Pitney, Jr; John Oliver Halstead Pitney and Mary Brayton Pitney

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About Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Mahlon Pitney was an American jurist and Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Pitney was a graduate of Princeton College. Pitney served two terms in Congress as a Representative from New Jersey from the 4th congressional district, and also served in the state senate and on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1912, and resigned in 1922 after suffering a stroke. He was one of only two Supreme Court Justices nominated by President Taft who also served during Taft's tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pitney died in 1924 in Washington, D.C., and was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, in Morristown, New Jersey.

Pitney was the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.



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Mahlon Pitney (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) was an American jurist and Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

[edit] BiographyBorn in Morristown, New Jersey, Pitney was a graduate of Princeton College. Pitney served two terms in Congress as a Representative from New Jersey from the 4th congressional district, and also served in the state senate and on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1912, and resigned in 1922 after suffering a stroke. He was one of only two Supreme Court Justices nominated by President Taft who also later served during Taft's tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pitney died in 1924 in Washington, D.C., and was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, in Morristown, New Jersey.

Pitney was the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.


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Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court's Timeline

1858
February 5, 1858
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1893
March 29, 1893
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1898
December 21, 1898
Bernardsville, Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
1904
May 12, 1904
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1924
December 9, 1924
Age 66
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
December 11, 1924
Age 66
Morristown, Morris County, NJ, United States